diff --git a/Artifacts.toml b/Artifacts.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dc9142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Artifacts.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[pptx_data]
+git-tree-sha1 = "4609b3887be7359885a405f7c14a53c56776d366"
+    [[pptx_data.download]]
+    url = "https://github.com/ig-or/PPTX.jl/releases/download/v0.7.0/pptx_data.tar.gz"
+    sha256 = "0e159a2792e49a74ff14c742b056098122f5c445ecb1191cc2be461727428a6a"
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 223fe1c..e35c7ae 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name = "PPTX"
 uuid = "14a86994-10a4-4a7d-b9ad-ef6f3b1fac6a"
 authors = ["Xander de Vries", "Matthijs Cox"]
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 
 [deps]
+Artifacts = "56f22d72-fd6d-98f1-02f0-08ddc0907c33"
 DataStructures = "864edb3b-99cc-5e75-8d2d-829cb0a9cfe8"
 DefaultApplication = "3f0dd361-4fe0-5fc6-8523-80b14ec94d85"
 EzXML = "8f5d6c58-4d21-5cfd-889c-e3ad7ee6a615"
diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md
index 67ffeb6..54f9b58 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ You can build a presentation inside Julia:
 
 ```jldoctest
 using PPTX, DataFrames
+using Artifacts
 
 # Lets make a presentation
 # note: this already adds a first slide with the title
@@ -31,14 +32,14 @@ push!(s2, text2)
 push!(pres, s2)
 
 # Now lets add a picture and some text
-cauli_pic = Picture(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR,"cauliflower.jpg"))
+cauli_pic = Picture(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets","cauliflower.jpg"))
 text = TextBox(content="Look its a vegetable!")
 s3 = Slide()
 push!(s3, cauli_pic)
 push!(s3, text)
 
 # move picture 100 mm down and 100 mm right
-julia_logo = Picture(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR,"julia_logo.png"), offset_x=100, offset_y=100)
+julia_logo = Picture(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets","julia_logo.png"), offset_x=100, offset_y=100)
 push!(s3, julia_logo)
 push!(pres, s3)
 
diff --git a/src/Picture.jl b/src/Picture.jl
index 624b6ae..e5bb8b7 100644
--- a/src/Picture.jl
+++ b/src/Picture.jl
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Internally the sizes are converted EMUs.
 # Examples
 ```julia
 julia> using PPTX
+julia> using Artifacts
 
-julia> img = Picture(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR, "cauliflower.jpg"))
+julia> img = Picture(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets", "cauliflower.jpg"))
 Picture
  source is "./cauliflower.jpg"
  offset_x is 0 EMUs
@@ -28,8 +29,9 @@ Picture
 Optionally, you can set the `size_x` and `size_y` manually for filetypes not supported by FileIO, such as SVG.
 ```julia
 julia> using PPTX
+julia> using Artifacts
 
-julia> img = Picture(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR, "julia_logo.svg"); size_x=40, size_y=30)
+julia> img = Picture(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets", "julia_logo.svg"); size_x=40, size_y=30)
 Picture
  source is "./julia_logo.svg"
  offset_x is 0 EMUs
diff --git a/src/constants.jl b/src/constants.jl
index 2d66413..c77bcd9 100644
--- a/src/constants.jl
+++ b/src/constants.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const _EMUS_PER_MM = 36000
 const _EMUS_PER_PT = 12700
 
 const TEMPLATE_DIR = abspath(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "templates"))
-const ASSETS_DIR = abspath(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "assets"))
 const TESTDATA_DIR = abspath(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "test/testdata"))
 
 # we use layoutSlide1 for the first title slide, and layoutSlide2 for all other slides
diff --git a/src/write.jl b/src/write.jl
index 7b3c71b..fa22c21 100644
--- a/src/write.jl
+++ b/src/write.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import DefaultApplication
+using Artifacts
 
 function write_presentation!(w::ZipWriter, p::Presentation)
     xml = make_presentation(p)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ function Base.write(
     p::Presentation;
     overwrite::Bool=false,
     open_ppt::Bool=true,
-    template_path::String=joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "no-slides.pptx"),
+    template_path::String=joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates", "no-slides.pptx"),
 )
 
     template_path = abspath(template_path)
diff --git a/test/testArtifacts.jl b/test/testArtifacts.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cd1b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testArtifacts.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using PPTX
+using Test
+using Artifacts
+
+dark_template_name = "no-slides-dark.pptx"
+dark_template_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates", dark_template_name)
+isfile(dark_template_path)
+pres = Presentation(;title="My Presentation")
+s = Slide()
+push!(pres, s)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/testConstructors.jl b/test/testConstructors.jl
index fde5184..84547fa 100644
--- a/test/testConstructors.jl
+++ b/test/testConstructors.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using PPTX
 using Test
+using Artifacts
 
 @testset "constructors" begin
     @testset "TextBox" begin
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ using Test
         @test_throws ArgumentError pic = Picture("path")
         fnames = ["julia_logo.png", "julia_logo.svg", "julia_logo.emf", "julia_dots.wmf"]
         for fname in fnames
-            logo_path = joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR, fname)
+            logo_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets", fname)
             pic = Picture(logo_path)
             @test pic.offset_x == 0
             width = 150
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ using Test
         end
     end
     @testset "Picture - custom aspect ratio" begin
-        logo_path = joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR,"julia_logo.svg")
+        logo_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets","julia_logo.svg")
         pic = Picture(logo_path; size_x=40, size_y=30)
         @test pic.size_x == 1440000
         @test pic.size_y == 1080000
@@ -64,14 +65,14 @@ using Test
     @testset "first slide" begin
         p = Presentation()
         @test rid(p.slides[1]) == 6
-        picture_path = joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR, "cauliflower.jpg")
+        picture_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets", "cauliflower.jpg")
         p = Presentation([Slide([TextBox(),Picture(picture_path)])])
         @test rid(p.slides[1].shapes[1]) == 0
         @test rid(p.slides[1].shapes[2]) == 1
     end
     @testset "Slide" begin
         slide = Slide()
-        picture_path = joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR, "cauliflower.jpg")
+        picture_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets", "cauliflower.jpg")
         push!(slide, Picture(picture_path))
     end
 end
diff --git a/test/testPresentationState.jl b/test/testPresentationState.jl
index 1128eab..fefc534 100644
--- a/test/testPresentationState.jl
+++ b/test/testPresentationState.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 using Test
 using PPTX
+using Artifacts
 
 @testset "Presentation Size" begin
-    template_folder = abspath(joinpath(PPTX.TEMPLATE_DIR,"no-slides"))
+    template_folder = abspath(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates","no-slides"))
     p = Presentation()
     ppt_dir = joinpath(template_folder, "ppt")
     PPTX.update_presentation_state!(p, ppt_dir)
diff --git a/test/testSlideXML.jl b/test/testSlideXML.jl
index 35ab19c..8c3ece1 100644
--- a/test/testSlideXML.jl
+++ b/test/testSlideXML.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using Test
 using PPTX
 using EzXML
 using ZipArchives: ZipBufferReader, zip_readentry
+using Artifacts
 
 @testset "Slide XML structure" begin
     s = Slide()
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ end
 end
 
 @testset "update title in XML" begin
-    template = ZipBufferReader(read(joinpath(PPTX.TEMPLATE_DIR,"no-slides.pptx")))
+    template = ZipBufferReader(read(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates","no-slides.pptx")))
 
     @testset "slideLayout1.xml" begin
         slide = Slide(;layout=1)
diff --git a/test/testTables.jl b/test/testTables.jl
index 9e0e7e8..0eb4ed6 100644
--- a/test/testTables.jl
+++ b/test/testTables.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Test
 using DataFrames
 using EzXML
 using ZipArchives: ZipBufferReader, zip_readentry
+using Artifacts
 
 @testset "PPTX Tables from a DataFrame" begin
     df = DataFrame(a = [1,2], b = [3,4], c = [5,6])
@@ -51,11 +52,11 @@ using ZipArchives: ZipBufferReader, zip_readentry
 end
 
 @testset "check empty table style list" begin
-    tableStyles_path = abspath(joinpath(PPTX.TEMPLATE_DIR, "tableStyles.xml"))
+    tableStyles_path = abspath(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates", "tableStyles.xml"))
     table_style_doc = EzXML.parsexml(read(tableStyles_path))
     @test !PPTX.has_empty_table_list(table_style_doc)
 
-    no_slides_template = ZipBufferReader(read(joinpath(PPTX.TEMPLATE_DIR, "no-slides.pptx")))
+    no_slides_template = ZipBufferReader(read(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates", "no-slides.pptx")))
     table_style_doc = EzXML.parsexml(zip_readentry(no_slides_template, "ppt/tableStyles.xml"))
     @test PPTX.has_empty_table_list(table_style_doc)
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/testWriting.jl b/test/testWriting.jl
index 0dc129b..e07e6d8 100644
--- a/test/testWriting.jl
+++ b/test/testWriting.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using ZipArchives:
     ZipBufferReader, zip_readentry, zip_names, zip_append_archive, zip_newfile
+    
+using Artifacts
 
 function bincompare(path::String, ref::String)
     bin1 = read(path)
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ end
 
 @testset "writing" begin
     @testset "push same picture" begin
-        picture_path = joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR, "cauliflower.jpg")
+        picture_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets", "cauliflower.jpg")
         p = Presentation([Slide([Picture(picture_path)]), Slide([Picture(picture_path)])])
         @test write_and_remove("test.pptx", p)
     end
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ end
     @testset "pushing same picture twice" begin
         pres = Presentation()
         s1 = Slide()
-        julia_logo = Picture(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR,"julia_logo.png"), top = 110, left = 110)
+        julia_logo = Picture(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets","julia_logo.png"), top = 110, left = 110)
         push!(s1, julia_logo)
         push!(pres, s1)
         s2 = Slide()
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ end
 # TODO: what if the .pptx template already has slides?
 @testset "custom template" begin
     dark_template_name = "no-slides-dark.pptx"
-    dark_template_path = joinpath(PPTX.TEMPLATE_DIR, dark_template_name)
+    dark_template_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates", dark_template_name)
     pres = Presentation(;title="My Presentation")
     s = Slide()
     push!(pres, s)
@@ -93,18 +95,19 @@ end
     # test for issue https://github.com/ASML-Labs/PPTX.jl/issues/20
     mktempdir() do tmpdir
         template_name = "no-slides.pptx"
-        original_template_path = joinpath(PPTX.TEMPLATE_DIR, template_name)
+        original_template_path = joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "templates", template_name)
         edited_template_path = joinpath(tmpdir, template_name)
         write(edited_template_path, read(original_template_path))
+        chmod(edited_template_path, 0o0100664)
         zip_append_archive(edited_template_path) do w
             # add an existing media directory
             zip_newfile(w, "ppt/media/foo.png")
-            write(w, read(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR,"julia_logo.png")))
+            write(w, read(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets","julia_logo.png")))
         end
 
         pres = Presentation(;title="My Presentation")
         s1 = Slide()
-        julia_logo = Picture(joinpath(PPTX.ASSETS_DIR,"julia_logo.png"), top = 110, left = 110)
+        julia_logo = Picture(joinpath(artifact"pptx_data", "assets","julia_logo.png"), top = 110, left = 110)
         push!(s1, julia_logo)
         push!(pres, s1)